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Paradox? the mathematics of space-time and the limits of human understanding
pp. 253-270
Abstract
There is a paradox in exploring space-time and the limits of human understanding from the perspective of mathematics. For mathematics provides the language in which theories of space-time are formulated and yet is understood to be outside of space and time itself. Thus geometry is the science of space, and yet is itself beyond space.
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Published in:
Wuppuluri Shyam, Ghirardi Giancarlo (2017) Space, time and the limits of human understanding. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 253-270
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44418-5_20
Full citation:
Ernest Paul (2017) „Paradox? the mathematics of space-time and the limits of human understanding“, In: S. Wuppuluri & G. Ghirardi (eds.), Space, time and the limits of human understanding, Dordrecht, Springer, 253–270.